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Thanks to the new management of USPS there will be delays. I'm still waiting for mine from amazon UK. No hurry, plenty to listen to, just want to have it in hand.

Something different. My wife pointed out that I had two Jethro Tull box sets still in cellophane that I ought to either listen to or pass on. So I opened both of them! Right now, disc one of the "New Shoes" edition of Jethro Tull "Heavy Horses," the new stereo remix by Steven Wilson and bonus material.

I've come to really appreciat all his work--his most recent with Blackout has gronw on me and grooves with me. Just realized this was in the wrong thread. Mea culpa.

Stefon Harris "Black Action Figure" Blue Note cd.

Ah my bad, my mind had it mixed up with "A Black Mass." This is even more an exciting pre-order then.

Thanks for the headsup. I have an earlier cd in storage. . . I know this will be an improvement.

Sun Ra "Solar Myth Approach, Vols. 1 and 2" Corbett v. Dempsey 2 cd set, disc 1 Hard to describe how transformed this release is by the new mastering. . . it never sounded half this good before. Then on to a new fave, Marcela Mangebeira "Simples". . . a Brazilian singer doing bossa nova with new elements, not unlike Paul Morelenbaum has done this century as well. I totally dig this cd.

Stan Getz "Nobody Else But Me" Verve I like all the Getz and Burton collaborations. . . glad this one was released even if years and years later.

You're right, it's Steeplechase, thanks for the correction. And it's Diana not Donna Panton. I need more coffee. (And I do believe I placed her in that thread months ago. . . I may be wrong.)

Today I spun three Eddie Lockjaw Davis cds I received from our forum mate here, Michael. First was an MPS cd of the Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet "Tough Tenors." Lockjaw really shines here, sparred on by Griff who shares both his joie de vivre attitude and his joie de jouer energy. Then it was on to the Steeplechase cd "All of Me" by Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Kenny Drew is fantastic on this one. The arrangements are quite nice. The Danish drummer is exciting as well. Then on to a Prestige twofer cd, "Streetlights." Lockjaw shows his mastery here of swing, soul, and imagination. I hung on his every phrase, there's so much skill and wit and groove in his lines and notes. And the secret sauce on these tracks is George Duvivier. His ever fingering is both precise and moving. He has clandestine control of the whole band. It's too bad that he is just a tad lower in the balance here than I'd like. After this I needed to cool down a bit! A good choice for that was Diana Panton "To Brazil with Love". . . this is a very nice cd, Panton's voice reminds me of Blossom Dearie and Karrin Allyson, and her timing is impeccable. And she can evoke emotion with no melodrama at all.

Sound on this new reissue is about as good as it can get for this material; very well mastered.

This one again. Just such a great combination of soloist/writer/arranger and orchestra, wonderful music and playing, and showstopping sound. Omar Sosa with the NDR Big Band featuring the arrangements of Jacques Morelenbaum, "es: sensual"

Jimmy Smith Trio featuring Kenny Burrell "The Master" Blue Note cd

Greg Osby "The Invisible Hand" featuring Andrew Hill and Jim Hall, Blue Note cd.

I would include one of my favorite of his tenor performances: "Lover Man" from Prayer to the East.

Stefon Harris & Blackout "Evolution" Blue Note cd

I've had a copy of this on cd from this label for a few years now. . . ! Great music, nice soiund. . . but not this month "never on cd before."

Kellee Peterson "Maiden Voyage" Black Jazz Records cd Japan Congas, Triangle – Sajih Bass – John W. Heard Electric Bass – Henry Davis Flute – George Harper Piano – Ernest Van Trease Tambourine – John Lasalle Triangle – Billy Osbourne Trumpet – Everett Turner Niiiice.

CJ, I do have wide tastes and parts of this music I do like. I really do like the piano trio backing him on his latest and the live double, I think their playing is very good and I even like a lot of the composition. It's actually the trumpet playing I don't connect to. Especially the "sounds" he plays instead of notes (how I hear it.) I'm not against abstract/avant garde playing--my best friend in the world, Dave Laczko, is an avant garde trumpeter and I understand and enjoy his work, but I always find that he has melody and lyricism as a component in his playing. I find that a lot less so in much of Akinmusire's leader work. . . . And as time goes by I do find myself liking "purer jazz" more than "some jazz with big dollops of other music blended in or grafted on" (as the song goes. .. "It could happen to you," in time). But that's not really my issue with his work outside the pentultimate recording. I just honestly don't get into his actual playing. We're all different and thank goodness.

I've listened to the last three multiple times. I really want to like his playing. . . but when others gush about his playing on these it seems like the Emperor's New Clothes to me!

"Shadow Puppets" Jim Gailloreto - Split Decision Naim cd Hip music, wonderful recording.

Make that two old man's opinion. On his last few albums I've really enjoyed the playing of the trio supporting him. But his own playing? I can't connect with it and I wish he would stop making noises with his horn and play melody. Yes, I'm aware I'm a new-fangled moldy figue.

James Newton "The African Flower" Blue Note cd This is so good. . . it really should have an audiophile SACD/cd and LP release.

Woody Shaw "Field Recordings of a Jazz Master"